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| Concept: | Command. |
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command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod., despatch, dispatch; message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions; appointment, fixture., demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication; ultimatum (terms); request; requirement., dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, firman, hatti-sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment (law); plebiscite (choice).
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| Main Entry: | rule |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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abdicant, absolute, accredited to, administrative, arbitrary, aristocratic, at one's command, at the head, aulic, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, basilic, bicameral, bipartisan, classified, clothed with authority, commanding, communistic, compulsory, cruel, cunctipotent, decretal, decretive, decretory, designate, despotic, directing, dirigent, ditionary, domestic, dominant, dynastic, executive, exousiastic, fetial, feudal, gavel, gubernatorial, hegemonic, hegemonical, high, imperatorial, imperial, imperious, in one's grasp, in one's power, in the ascendent, inexpugnable, influential, interaulic, international, irresponsible, kingly, masterful, mediatized, monarchical, most, official, old, overruling, paramount, peremptory, plenary, popular, predominant, preponderant, princely, puissant, regal, reginal, regnant, republican, royal, royalist, ruling, rumbustical, sovereign, stringent, supreme, tricameral, tyrannical, tyrannous, unconstitutional, undemocratic, under control, unicameral, viceregal
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| Concept: | [Vicarious authority.] Commission. |
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commission, delegation; consignment, assignment; procuration; deputation, legation, mission, embassy; agency, agentship; power of attorney; clerkship., errand, charge, brevet, diploma, exequatur, permit (permission) [more]., appointment, nomination, return; charter; ordination; installation, inauguration, investiture; accession, coronation, enthronement., vicegerency; regency, regentship., viceroy; consignee; deputy.
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| Concept: | Will. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
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will, volition, conation, velleity; liberum arbitrium; will and pleasure, free will; freedom; discretion; option (choice); voluntariness; spontaneity, spontaneousness; originality., pleasure, wish, mind; desire; frame of mind (inclination); intention; predetermination; self-control, determination (resolution) [more]; force of will.
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| Antonyms: | necessity |
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